Hey Martin,
This is great,knowledge sharing from opposite sides of the world and more importantly about trucks!! They never bring long nosed Hino's down this part of the world,only flat nosed one's not sure why.
I started a freight company here 7 years ago,I mainly freight the tyres from all the tyre companies in Auckland and deliver to all the towns up to 5 hours drive in all directions.
We have tuff emission standards on our vehicles here and The last Hino I bought just 5 months ago is called "euro 5" which means the engine has EGR ( exhaust gas recirculation ) and a DPF ( capture the soot and burn it off ).
This latest Hino is Badged 1022 for identification purposes with a 5 cylinder 6.4 litre engine ( 112mm by 130mm ) with common rail,EGR and a DPF,this engine is called JO7E ( VRG turbo and intercooled ).
The hino I bought in 2007 is badged 1017 with a 5.3 litre 4 cylinder engine ( 112mm by 130mm ) with just injector pump and turboed and intercooled and only euro 3 emission standard and no EGR or DPF.
The 1017 will leave the 1022 for dead on hills,funny that don't you think?
All that emission gear has killed a good engine in my mind.
Can you see any emission gear on your engine?
If you like tinkering with your engine I have proved lots of tips that do improve performance.
have a great day and talk soon
Geoff
